THE TOP 51 COUNTRY SINGLES OF THE 1980’S

(in no particular order)

 

1.       Somewhere Tonight – Highway 101

2.       Crazy Over You – Foster and Lloyd

3.       The Bluest Eyes In Texas – Restless Heart

4.       The Chair – George Strait

5.       Does Fort Worth Ever Cross Your Mind – George Strait

6.       Little Ways – Dwight Yoakam

7.       Long White Cadillac – Dwight Yoakam

8.       1982 – Randy Travis

9.       That Just About Does It – Vern Gosdin

10.  The Cowboy Rides Away – George Strait

11.   A Better Man – Clint Black

12.   Down That Road Tonight – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

13.   It’s Just A Matter Of Time – Randy Travis

14.   I Can’t Win For Losin’ You – Earl Thomas Conley

15.   Love Will Turn You Around – Kenny Rogers

16.   You’re The Reason Got Made Oklahoma – David Frizzell and Shelly West

17.   Killin’ Time – Clint Black

18.   I Tell It Like It Used To Be – T. Graham Brown

19.   I Don’t Know Why You Don’t Want Me – Rosanne Cash

20.   Blessed Are The Believers – Anne Murray

21.   Cry, Cry, Cry – Highway 101

22.   What’s Going On In Your World – George Strait

23.   Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me) – Ronnie Milsap

24.   I Couldn’t Leave You If I Tried – Rodney Crowell

25.   I’ve Been Lookin’ – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

26.   Walk The Way The Wind Blows – Kathy Mattea

27.   Rose-Colored Glasses- John Conlee

28.   Back Side Of Thirty – John Conlee

29.   She Just Started Liking Cheatin’ Songs – John Anderson

30.   Beneath Still Waters – Emmylou Harris

31.   Misery and Gin – Merle Haggard

32.   If You Ain’t Lovin’, You Ain’t Livin’ – George Strait

33.   Why Not Me – The Judds

34.   Years – Barbara Mandrell

35.   Wheels – Restless Heart

36.   Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight – The Oak Ridge Boys

37.   Ace In The Hole – George Strait

38.   Could It Be Love – Jennifer Warnes

39.   God Bless The USA – Lee Greenwood

40.   Boogie Back To Texas – Asleep At The Wheel

41.   Lily Dale (with Willie Nelson) – Darrell McCall

42.   Crime Of Passion – Ricky Van Shelton

43.   Wild-Eyed Dream – Ricky Van Shelton

44.   Better Man – Clint Black

45.   Drivin’ My Life Away – Eddie Rabbitt

46.   I Got You – Dwight Yoakam

47.   She’s Crazy For Leavin’ – Rodney Crowell

48.   Any Way The Wind Blows – Southern Pacific

49.   It’s Just A Matter Of Time – Randy Travis

50.   Don’t’ Toss Us Away – Patty Loveless

51. Guitar Town – Steve Earle

 

 

 Michelle Anderson, Senior Country Editor